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== Life and work ==
Kohl grew up in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], with three siblings.<ref name="Coda" /> During high school and college there at the [[University of Nebraska]],<ref name="Rahn" />{{rp|242}} he played clarinet in the local symphony orchestra. He received a master's degree in music in 1971. Drafted into the army, he played in an army band during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="Coda" /> He studied music theory at the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]].<ref name="Coda" /> In the 1970s, Kohl joined the Seattle Recorder Society, attending and teaching at their meetings, and teaching privately.<ref name="Recorder">{{cite journal | last = Seibert | first = Peter | date = September 2020 | title = Reflections on Jerry Kohl | url = http://www.seattle-recorder.org/Newsletter/SRS_Newsletter_2009_SEP_2020.pdf | journal = Recorder Notes | publisher = Seattle Recorder Society | pages = 4–5}}</ref> In 1976, Kohl was a co-founder and first board president of the Early Music Guild (EMG, now called Early Music Seattle) in Seattle, attracting international players to perform in the city. The EMG held a monthly concert by local players, and Kohl played a concert with music from the 14th century to modern times in 1980. He continued to teach recorder for the Society for decades.<ref name="Coda" /><ref name="Recorder" />
[[File:DennyHall.jpg|thumb|[[Denny Hall]], home of the Classics Department at the [[University of Washington]]]]
Kohl concluded his studies with a PhD in 1981<ref name="Coda" /> with a dissertation titled "Serial and Non-Serial Techniques in the Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1962–1968".{{sfn|Kohl|1981}} He was managing editor of the journal ''[[Perspectives of New Music]]'' from 1985 to 1999.<ref name="Rahn" /> Between 2005 and 2018 he was Secretary of the Department of Classics at the University of Washington. In 2018, Kohl became Administrative Assistant at the university's Department of Political Science.<ref name="Coda" />
His focus of research was [[contemporary classical music]]. He became recognized as a world expert on the works of [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]],<ref name="Coda">{{cite web | url = https://www.polisci.washington.edu/news/2020/08/27/coda-jerome-kohl | title = Coda : Jerome Kohl | work = University of Washington Department of Political Science | date = August 27, 2020 | access-date = September 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Rahn">{{Cite journal | last = Rahn | first = John | date = Winter 2020 | title = In Memoriam / Jerome Kohl | journal = [[Perspectives of New Music]] | volume = 58 |issue=1 | pages = 241–244 | jstor = 10.7757/persnewmusi.58.1.0241 | doi = 10.1353/pnm.2020.0007}}</ref> taking part in international conferences on Stockhausen.<ref name="Coda" /><ref name="Göttingen">{{cite web | url = https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/programme/218313.html | title = International Workshop "The Musical Legacy of Karlheinz Stockhausen: Looking Back and Forward" | work = University of Göttingen | date = August 2011 | language = de| access-date = January 13, 2021}}</ref> He collaborated with Stockhausen, traveling to Europe annually, and co-authored books with him.<ref name="Recorder" />
Kohl died in Seattle from a sudden heart attack at the age of 73.<ref name="Rahn" /> His death was commemorated by a memorial tribute in ''Perspectives of New Music'', which described his 2017 book on Stockhausen's ''[[Zeitmaße]]'' as "an astounding masterpiece".<ref name="Rahn" />
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